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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES IVILSON, OF NEWOASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND.

MEAT-SLICING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,554, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed March 8, 1893. Serial No. 465,200. (No model.)Patented in England June 11, 1892, No. 10,993-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that 1, CHARLES WILSON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at 75 Elswick Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, haveinvented a new and useful Meat-Slicing Machine, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 10,993, bearing date June 11,1892;) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the slicing of meat.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, partly insection to show more clearly the apparatus for cleaning the grease fromthe saw. Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking on the right hand side ofthe machine. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing in plan the grease cleanerfor the saw. Fig. 4 shows by side view part of the bottom sheave and thebrush for cleaning the same.

The same letters of reference indicate like parts in the severalfigures.

a is a band saw which passes over two sheaves or pulleys b and b, thebottom pulley 19' being carried by the driving axis 0 upon which latteris fixed the driving pulley c, the handwheel c and the crank 0 The twosheaves b and b are carried in suitable bearings and supported by meansof brackets 01 and d d respectively, which are rigidly attached to abedplate d. This bedplate, which is supported upon suitable framework,(not shown on the drawings) carries the sliding table 6, and is providedwith ribs 61 having grooves 61 in the upper parts thereof, in whichgrooves run a series of roller bearings e in order to reduce thefriction of the moving table 6. This table c has, projecting from itsupper surface, a number of spikes c which help to keep the articlesteady when cutting thin slices. The sliding table 6 is also formed witha slot, (through which the saw passes) extending from front to rear, toallow the sliding motion to take place. In order to clean the saw ofgrease which would accumulate thereon and prevent the proper drivingeffectof the pulleys, I connect to the framework of the bed plate 611,apparatus constructed essentially of two blocks f f, the inner surfaces,nextto the saw, being covered with leather. Part of the upper surfaces ff of the blocks, are sloped downward and outward to allow the grease torun down through the slots f f 3 into suitable receptacles f f Provisionis made for obtaining the necessary amount of friction between theblocks f and the saw by means of a spring f shown more clearly in thedetail plan View Fig. 3.

In order to effect a cut cleanly and quickly, I form a band sawa havingone of its cutting edges with its length partly saw teeth and partlyknife-edged, the action of which is as follows:In an ordinary piece ofbacon, say, with a bone about the middle, I commence the knife-edgedportion so as to slice through the fleshy part of the article, the tablee being pushed outward so as to keep the bacon pressed up against'thecutting edge. That part of the length of the saw which is toothed,

would then be brought to the cutting point and saw through the bone,after which the remaining flesh could be sliced by the knifeedged partof its length coming aroundiagain. The table e is then slid back againso as to take another cut. For ordinary purposes I find the proportionof three feet of saw teeth to about five feet six inches of knife-edgeto be very suitable but I do not confine myself to these lengths. saryfrictional contact between the saw and its sheaves b and b I cover thedriving surfaces of the sheaves with leather; the grip being assisted byhaving holes a pierced at intervals in the saw blade.

Attached to the under side of the bed plate cl is a brush b in contactwith the driving surface of the bottom sheave b, and of such a form asto overlap and brush the edges as well as the circumference, see Fig. 4.The upper sheave b is provided with a guard 17 and a splash board bwhich are so attached as to be readily removed.

In order to get the neces- It will be understood that the shaft 0 may bedriven by an engine or other suitable motor.

Having thus described my invention, What 5 I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pating pins or teeth to hold the meat While being cut, andblocks beneath the table serving to clean the grease from the band.

4:. In a meat-slicing machine, the combination with an endless bandhaving saw-teeth in continuous line on one part of its cutting edge, anda knife edge on the remainder of such edge, of grease cleaning blocks f,f, beneath the bed or plate, provided with sloping upper surfaces,grease receptacles f, beneath such blocks, and grease passages leadingthereto from such surfaces.

In testimony whereof I, the said CHARLES WILSON, have hereunto set myhand this 20th day of February, 1893.

, CHARLES WILSON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HUNTER, CHAS. W. DUNCAN.

